Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Carlisle, AR

Carlisle is a city in eastern Lonoke County, Arkansas, and the easternmost municipality in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metropolitan area.

The townsite was platted by the McCormick family in 1872, and Carlisle was incorporated on August 28, 1878, when the area was still part of Prairie County.

In 1882, roughly 100 square miles of land including Carlisle were transferred from Prairie County to Lonoke County, fixing the town's modern county identity.

Carlisle lays claim to being the birthplace of rice growing on Arkansas's Grand Prairie, the flat prairie east of town where W. H. Fuller pioneered rice cultivation.

The 2020 census counted 2,033 residents in Carlisle, living in 896 households and 637 families, down from a peak of 2,567 in 1980.

Carlisle covers about 4.9 square miles, where U.S. Route 70, called Park Street in town, parallels Interstate 40, which passes the north side of the city at Exit 183.

The city's motto is the frontier-era invitation 'Land here.'

Students in Carlisle attend the Carlisle School District and graduate from Carlisle High School.

Carlisle is the birthplace of Maurice Britt, a World War II Medal of Honor recipient who went on to become Arkansas's first Republican lieutenant governor since Reconstruction.

Another Carlisle native, Mitch Petrus, played offensive line in the National Football League for the New York Giants.